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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
The Lessons of History
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Reality is Not What it Seems
Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyRed Storm Rising by Tom ClancyDas Boot by Lothar-Günther BuchheimMigrant Crisis by John   SteelVoyage of the Devilfish by Michael DiMercurio
Best Submarine Thrillers
137 books — 108 voters
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer1812 by George C. DaughanTin Can Sailor by C. Raymond CalhounRed Star Over the Pacific by James HolmesSix Frigates by Ian W. Toll
The Official US Navy Reading List
59 books — 5 voters

On Basilisk Station by David  WeberDauntless by Jack CampbellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Short Victorious War by David  Weber
Naval Science Fiction
157 books — 45 voters
Ever the Wayward Sky by Oliver PhippsI Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonDivided Waters by Ivan MusicantNaval Shipbuilders of the World by Robert Winklareth"Old Hoodoo" The Battleship Texas by Mark D. Cowan
A 19th Century Nautical Miscellenia
45 books — 11 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickSix Frigates by Ian W. TollOver the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenLongitude by Dava SobelCaptain Kidd by Samuel Marquis
Age of Sail Nonfiction
356 books — 91 voters
Heart of Oak by David        CookThe Royal Marines  by richard-brooksEating Smoke by Chris ThrallThe Guardian's Wildchild by Feather Stone, F. StoneGoing Commando by Mark Time
Royal Marines (RM)
27 books — 11 voters

Emil M. Cioran
“ ### Pauvreté de la sagesse Je hais les sages pour leur complaisance, leur lâcheté et leur reserve. J'aime infiniment plus les passions dévorantes que l'humeur égale qui rend insensible au plaisir comme à la douleur. Le sage ignore le tragique de la passion et la peur de la mort, de même qu'il méconnait l'élan et le risque, l'héroisme barbare, grotesque ou sublime. Il s'exprime en maximes et donne des conseils. Le sage ne vit rien, ne ressent rien, il ne désire ni n'attend. Il se plaît à niveler ...more ”
― Emil M. Cioran, Oeuvres

Mark   Ellis
“ So Admiral, the marshal tells me your trip to Paris was a success.” Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan, admiral of France and the senior minister in Marshal Philippe Pétain’s Vichy government, stroked his cheek. “Yes, all went well as planned, Pierre, although little has been finalised as yet.” Pierre Laval, former prime minister of France and, until recently, vice-president of Vichy France’s Cabinet of Ministers, chuckled and patted his companion on the knee. “The marshal mentioned no qualificat ...more ”
― Mark Ellis, The French Spy

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